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Name: Maasai
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Masai; Maa; Lumbwa; Kimaasai; Sprachen der Wakuafi und Masai; Oigob
Spoken in: Kenya, Tanzania
Number of speakers: 590,000 in Kenya, increasing. Population total all countries: 1,045,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: mas
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup: Ongamo-Maa; Masai; Maa-Ongamo (ongm)
Child Dialects: Parakuyo; Baraguyu; Kwavi (mas-par) Kisonko (mas-kis) Loitai (mas-loi) Siria (mas-sir) Kore (mas-kor) Iloodokilani (mas-ilo) Matapo (mas-mat) Damat (mas-dam) Laitokitok (mas-lai) Arusa; Arusha; Il-Arusha; L-Arusha (mas-aru) Kaputiei (mas-kap) Keekonyokie (mas-kee) Purko (mas-pur) Moitanik; Wuasinkishu (mas-moi)

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